diff --git a/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec b/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
index 3e0dd3cff43..aa096127b3b 100644
--- a/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ BuildRequires: glibc-devel
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/mkisofs
 BuildRequires: mysql-connector-python
 BuildRequires: maven => 3.0.0
+BuildRequires: python-setuptools
 
 %description
 CloudStack is a highly-scalable elastic, open source,